300位中国人力挽狂澜拯救《南京梦魇》

这是后续报道......

要求别人帮忙, 对我来说, 很难. 但是, 表达感激之情是我乐意做的事.

在从8月18号到8月19号的24个小时里, 有300名中国人(主要是未名网站的海外华人和学
生-译者注.) 站出来支持电影 "南京梦魇-南京大屠杀", 他们捐助了超过2万美元
(这是实际收到的数字, 相信还有捐款支票没有收到的.-译者注). 这真的是了不起!
我真正地被感动了, 我倍感荣耀.

以这个速度, 我相信到本周末将会有出现: 1000名中国人出来力挽狂澜.
到这个周末, 如果捐款以这样的节奏继续下去, 我确信我们会得到足够的资金来续签版
权合约和其它相关的费用.

被挽救是感觉很极好的一件事! 而所有的这300位朋友是挽救者, 因此, 正如我们期望
的, "南京梦魇"有可能会一直保留在网络上.

当我在公开信里写道: "我放弃了, 我洗手不干了"等等语句时, 所有和这部电影有关的
方面似乎都是绝望的, 没有出路的. 我们联系的每一家美国的音像出版商和发行商都
对出版发行这部电影都不感兴趣. 中国的政府堵住了我们在中国的出路: 所有的电视
台, 电影院, 和音像出版商和代理商全部都是说"不", 全部都是拒绝.

虽然这部电影有超过4百万的网络观众, 被 Youtube.com冠为 "一直以来热门讨论" 前
10名., 这可以说是一个了不起的成功. 但是财务上这部电影却是一个失败, 因为连自
负盈亏也达不到. 事实上, 正是由于这部影片是关于一个如此重大的历史题材, 这就
让其财务失败显得更加让人伤感和失望.

与此同时,还有仇恨威胁言论.
每天我都收到威胁邮件或者网上的留言, 比如:"你将会像张纯如一样死去." 或者是 :"
你就应该像张纯如一样死去."
每天看倒这样的威胁言论对人来说是非常压抑沉重的, 因此我能购想像张纯如当初经历
的一切. 她为此失去了宝贵的生命.

因此, 当我写公开信的时候(8月16号-译者注), 我唯一的想法就是到此为止,划上一个
句号, 停止所有的威胁, 所有的侮辱, 结束一切, 也逃出所有的恶性财务循环和灾难.

然后, 看到这麽多的中国人站出来挽救这部电影, 这实在是让我惊异.

我觉得这股来自中国社区的巨大反响和力量是了不起的, 尤其是数百名经济上并不宽裕
的学生走上前来, 力挽狂澜, 尤其让我感动.

但是, 让我强调一点: 这不是一部我约瑟夫个人的电影, 这部电影属于所有的中国人,
属于全世界, 也属于未名网站上的每一个支持者.

所以, 让我代表需要认知"南京大屠杀"这段历史的西方世界, 说一声: 谢谢您!


朗恩 约瑟夫博士
R. Joseph, Ph.D.
8/19/2007 21:00


英文原信:

The Chinese 300 to the Rescue!

It is always difficult for me to ask for help. However, it is easy for me to
say: "Thank you."

In the last 24 hours over 300 Chinese have stepped forward to support this
film, and over $20,000.00 has been received(from Mitbbs.com and other Chinese media/websites.) . This is amazing! I am truly humbled. I am honored.

At this rate, I would estimate that by the end of this week it will be: The
Chinese 1000 to the Rescue!
By the end of this week, if donations continue at this pace, we will surely
have raised enough money to pay the licensing renewal fees and all
associated expenses.

It feels wonderful to be rescued! And all of you have rescued this film, so
that, hopefully, it can stay online forever.

When I wrote my letter, informing the world that I had "given up" and was "
washing my hands of this", everything connected with this film seemed
hopeless. Every DVD distributor in the US had turned me down.
In China, Chinese authorities had refused to allow me to show this film in
theaters, on TV, and had even refused to allow me to sell the DVD of this
film.
Although this film has been seen by over 4 million people, and is ranked in
the Top 10 "Most Discussed Films of All Time" at Youtube.com, and can only
be considered an amazing success, financially it was a complete failure and
could never pay for itself. The fact that this is a great film about an
important event in history, made this failure hurt all that much more.

And then there are the hate messages.
Almost every day someone posts or sends me something hateful about this film
. Almost every week I get messages like: "You will die like Iris Chang."

I can only imagine what Iris Chang must have gone through. It is extremely
stressful to be attacked on a daily basis. She sacrificed her life for this
cause and I can understand the misery she must have been going through.

So, when I wrote that letter, I wanted only to bring this to an end and to
stop the threats, the insults, and to escape from all the financial problems
and misery.

Then, to my astonishment, the Chinese people to the rescue.

I am amazed at the tremendous response of the Chinese community, including
the hundreds of impoverished students who stepped forward to save this movie.

However, let me emphasize: This is NOT my movie. It belongs to the Chinese
people and it belongs to the world. This movie belongs to every one of you.

So, on behalf of the world, let me say: Thank you.

R. Joseph, Ph.D.
8/19/2007 21:00